The fundamental principle of IRCAM is to encourage productive interaction among scientific research, technological developments, and contemporary music production. Since its establishment in 1977, this initiative has provided the foundation for the institute’s activities. One of the major issues is the importance of contributing to the renewal of musical expression through science and technology. Conversely, ...

IRCAM is an internationally recognized research center dedicated to creating new technologies for music. The institute offers a unique experimental environment where composers strive to enlarge their musical experience through the concepts expressed in new technologies.

In parallel to its fundamental missions of research and creation, IRCAM is committed to sharing its knowledge and know-how, its technologies with the general public. Cutting-edge research and diffusion of innovations, an international reference for education and the democratization of artistic practices are the driving forces behind the institute’s educational activities.

At the center of societal and economic concerns combining culture and information technologies, the current research at IRCAM is seen by the international research community as a reference for interdisciplinary projects on the sciences and technologies for sound and music, constantly exposed to society’s new needs and uses.

The fundamental principle of IRCAM is to encourage productive interaction among scientific research, technological developments, and contemporary music production. Since its establishment in 1977, this initiative has provided the foundation for the institute’s activities. One of the major issues is the importance of contributing to the renewal of musical expression through science and technology. Conversely, ...

IRCAM is an internationally recognized research center dedicated to creating new technologies for music. The institute offers a unique experimental environment where composers strive to enlarge their musical experience through the concepts expressed in new technologies.

In parallel to its fundamental missions of research and creation, IRCAM is committed to sharing its knowledge and know-how, its technologies with the general public. Cutting-edge research and diffusion of innovations, an international reference for education and the democratization of artistic practices are the driving forces behind the institute’s educational activities.

At the center of societal and economic concerns combining culture and information technologies, the current research at IRCAM is seen by the international research community as a reference for interdisciplinary projects on the sciences and technologies for sound and music, constantly exposed to society’s new needs and uses.

Encounter on Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

he Morphogenetic Process Chair of Professor Alain Prochiantz will hold an encounter on the novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley in celebration of the 200th anniversary of its publication.

“Two hundred years ago, the novel by Mary Shelley was published. Imagined by a young, 19-year old woman, a myth was born. Its stunning success is troubled by a problem of identity in that often we do not remember what the name Frankenstein refers to: the creator or the creature? And say it, this name, and immediately the face of Boris Karloff comes to mind, an image veils the spirit of Mary Shelley’s text. Yet, bewilderingly, we feel that this novel speaks more of us and our scientific and technological destiny. The best is to come and see: this is why our guests, that all have a particular relationship with Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, will come flip through it with us, to raise questions about today that are found in its pages.” Jean-François Peyret

With the participation of Julia de Gasquet, comédienne, Marion Eudes, Yasmine Hadjali, Jordan Sajous, students from the class “Égalité des chances” with the support fo the écoles supérieures d’art dramatique de la MC-93-Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, directed by Nicolas Bigards.